Besides its continuing value for an understanding of the problems of Kenya, Facing Mount Kenya has an enduring place in the literature of social anthropology. As Professor Malinowski wrote in his introduction, it 'is a really competent and instructive contribution to African ethnography by a scholar of pure African parentage...As a first-hand account of a representative African culture, as an invaluable document in the principles underlying culture-contact and change; last, but not least, as a personal statement of the new outlook of a progressive African, this book will rank as a pioneering achievement of outstanding merit'.
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Kenyatta gives the reader a fascinating look at gikuyu life,
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Jomo Kenyatta provides a detailed insider description of the Gikuyu peoples of Kenya. THe book takes a structural functionalist approach to anthropology, providing a very detailed description covering virtually all aspects of tribal life. A native Gikuyu,son of a medicine man, Kenyatta reveals his wonderful anthropological ability in a storybook fashion. A must read for anyone interested in learning about African culture.
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Excellent book on Kikuyu culture!,
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This book is a must read for anyone interested in Kikuyu culture
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Amazing - Must Read For All Young Kikuyus,
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I got interested in learning more about my culture after listening to incredible stories from the past from a 70 year old Kikuyu woman. I bought the book and it was an intense understanding of my own culture. Its a great shame that not many young Kikuyus know as much about their own rich, beautiful culture. My son has to read it. I wish Kikuyus could recapture some of those traditions.
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THE GIKUYU tribal organisation is based on three most important factors, without which there can be no harmony in the tribal activities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kia mataathi, kiama kia maturanguru, itwika ceremony, sacrificial council, mondo mogo, ceremonial elders, communion with ancestors, ceremonial council, circumcised youth, ceremonial horn, ceremonial leaves, senior warriors, tribal organisation, magical bag, burnt completely, iron snake, small calabash, sacred leaves, leading elder, cultivation rights, tribal legend, own homestead, meat feasts, love magic, male goat Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Government, Mount Kenya, High God, East Africa, Thaithayai Ngai, African Empire, Lord of Nature New!
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THE GIKUYU tribal organisation is based on three most important factors, without which there can be no harmony in the tribal activities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kia mataathi, kiama kia maturanguru, itwika ceremony, sacrificial council, mondo mogo, ceremonial elders, communion with ancestors, ceremonial council, circumcised youth, ceremonial horn, ceremonial leaves, senior warriors, tribal organisation, magical bag, burnt completely, iron snake, small calabash, sacred leaves, leading elder, cultivation rights, tribal legend, own homestead, meat feasts, love magic, male goat Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Government, Mount Kenya, High God, East Africa, Thaithayai Ngai, African Empire, Lord of Nature New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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